State legislators are cautious with UI review

Want to ensure consultant respects differences at state's public universities

9:54 PM,
Mar. 29, 2014

Written by

Holly Hines
Iowa City Press-Citizen

Iowa legislators discussed the efficiency study of Iowa's public universities and other topics Saturday during a forum in Coralville.

Lawmakers said that although they support the idea of looking into making the University of Iowa more efficient, they also have concerns, including the cost of the review by Deloitte Consulting, the prospect of losing good university employees and whether Deloitte will respect how Iowa's public universities differ.

State Sen. Bob Dvorsky, D-Coralville, said he thinks the review will show that UI, the University of Northern Iowa and Iowa State ...